F fastener



I UNITED STATES PATENT. OFFICE;

CHARLES HUTGHINS, OF GIBSON, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO JAMES S. STANDLY, OF TOBOXIE COUNTY, OHOOTAW NATION, IND..TER.

HAME-FASTENER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 244,609, dated July 19, 1881. Application filed December 11, use. (ModeL) To all whoma't may concern Be it known that I, CHARLES HUrcruNs, a citizen of the United States,'residing at Fort Gibson, in the Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in flame-Fasteners; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others'skilled in the art to which it appertaius to make and use the same, refercnce being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters or figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of. this specification, and in which- Figure l is a sectional view. Fig. 2 is a bottom view.

This invention relates to hamefiistenings; and it consists in the construction hereinafter described.

In the drawings hereto annexed, A is one portion, and B the other, which are to be clasped together. A consists ofa flatbar havingat one end the hook a and at the other a slot, or. Between said hook and slot, on the hook side of barA, is a series of hooks or catches, (J, made separate and bolted to bar A, or the metal of the bar might be punched out and turned up to form said hooks, the former construction being stronger. Inserted through slot a is a rod, D, having a loop, 0, at one end and a pin,

(1, at the other.

B is a flat bar, having a hook, I), at one end and an eye, I), at the other, in which eye is placed an angular loop, E. Between hook b and eye I) there are punched lengthwise'in bar B elongated holes F.

In use these portions A B are hooked into the hame-rings, the hooks a and I) being in the same direction, and bar A is then inserted through loop E until said loop catches upon can be readily removed from said catch and slipped ofi" of bar A.

What I claim is- The bar A, having hook a, slot at, and catches U, in combination with 'rod D, having pin d,

and loop 0, and bar B, havii.1g hook 11, holes F, and loop E,the whole constructed and arranged substantially as described. 1

In testimony whereof I affix my signature'in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES HUTGHINS.

' Witnesses: I I I J. S. Soo'rT, W. I. NAsH: 

